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- From: jxh@math.ksu.edu (James C. Hu)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Homework Problems
- Date: 30 Aug 1992 12:33:05 -0500
- Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Kansas State University
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- mueller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Carl Douglas Mueller) writes:
-
- > ... I wonder if there is a rule on this group that we do not help
- > people with things that look too much like homework problems. ...
-
- Yes, it is generally considered "bad form" to ask the net for help on
- homework. I s'pose you could keep track of who did the asking, and
- match it against those who apply for graduate schools or jobs... :-)
- But, a mail message to the offending individual would probably be
- sufficient (but not necessary).
-
- So how is everyone?
-
- Obligatory Math:
- Found any interesting new ways to prove that .9999... = 1? Figured
- out any clever proofs for Fermat's Last Theorem? Do you know the
- value of the currently largest known prime? Does this mean we know
- all the primes inbetween it and the previously largest known prime?
- If Well Ordering and Induction are equivalent, then why is it that
- Indeuction is almost always used in undergraduate courses, while Well
- Ordering is almost always ignored?
-
- Later,
- --
- James C. Hu (jxh@math.ksu.edu), 1804 Denholm Dr., Manhattan, KS 66502
- "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it
- isn't, it ain't. Thats logic." - Lewis Carroll
- Opinions expressed are mine. Let me know if they are someone else's.
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